North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1598: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-01-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with a motor-driven vehicle.
Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2025
Relating to hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with a motor-driven vehicle.
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact section 20.1-01-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with a motor-driven vehicle.
From the enrolled text, March 14, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-01-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with a motor-driven vehicle. SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 20.1-01-07 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows: 20.1-01-07. Hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with motor-driven vehicles prohibited - Exception - Motor-driven vehicle use in transporting big game restricted. 1. Except as provided in subsection 10 of section 20.1-02-05 and as otherwise provided in this section, a personan individual, other than the landowner, without the written permission of the landowner or a lessee who actively farms or ranches that land, while hunting big game or small game, other than waterfowl or cranes, statewide, may not use a motor-driven vehicle on any land other than an established road or trail without the written permission of the landowner, unless that personindividual has reduced a big game animal to possession and cannot easily retrieve the big game animal, in which case a motor-driven vehicle may be used to retrieve the big game animal, but after retrieval, the motor-driven vehicle must be returned to the established road or trail along the same route it originally departed. A person may not use a motor-driven vehicle on any land other …
Sponsors
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R, 25) · primary sponsor
- Dick Anderson (R, 6)
- Jared Hagert (R, 20)
- Jon Nelson (R, 14)
- Scott Wagner (R, 45)
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24
- : Signed by Governor 03/21
- : Sent to Governor
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Signed by President
- : Returned to House
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0
- : Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 10:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (March 11, 2025): 47 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Final Passage (February 11, 2025): 87 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1598?
- HB1598 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-01-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with a motor-driven vehicle.
- What does HB1598 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend and reenact section 20.1-01-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to hunting big game or small game other than waterfowl or cranes with a motor-driven vehicle.
- What is the status of HB1598?
- Signed into law as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 (March 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1598?
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R, 25), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1598?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1598.html
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